oh the horror!--Rosewood Steinway upright-restyled !

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Tom,
Is it still a Steinway? <:)((
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@comcast.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 11:14 AM
Subject: oh the horror!--Rosewood Steinway upright-restyled !


> Dear list,
> 
>  I was called to evaluate a Steinway upright yesterday.
> 
>             To my horror this piano (1890) rosewood case had been
> "Restyled"---1950's style---You know, the usual chopped off upper front
> panel with mirror treatment on top.
> 
> Action parts and brackets-rails-capo etc sprayed with gold paint .Crappy
> plastic keytops with overzealous sanding on the sides, leaving gaping
> spaces between the keys.
> 
>             All this was certainly bad enough, but here's the worst---
> The "tech" had drilled a series of quarter inch holes across the top of
> the plate above the tuning pins and broke off approximately the top inch
> of the plate. Only a few of the plate bolts remain on top with the only
> pin block screws seemingly holding this thing together. All this to
> lower the piano one inch! I'll bet it looked horrible at 50" and just
> great @ 49"
> 
>             Surprisingly the piano was @ pitch and fairly even and I've
> contracted to do a minimum of service with caveats galore concerning the
> plate issue.
> 
>             Put this one under the thought I've seen everything
> category.
> 
>             Tom---can't believe it--- Driscoll RPT
> 
> 
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